PlayStation Says Buying Isn’t Owning - WAN Show September 4, 2026

**Linus Sebastian** (0:01)
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Hey, happy Friday and welcome to The WAN Show. We've got a... there's so much to talk about this week.

**Luke Lafreniere** (0:33)
There's a lot. There's genuinely a lot.

**Linus Sebastian** (0:34)
Okay, so PlayStation wants to prove in court that you don't own your digital games.

**James Scholz** (0:38)
We're gonna fight.

**Linus Sebastian** (0:39)
This has huge... we are?

**James Scholz** (0:42)
Yep.

**Linus Sebastian** (0:43)
You and me?

**Luke Lafreniere** (0:43)
No.

**Linus Sebastian** (0:44)
Oh, that makes way more sense. This has huge implications way beyond the ownership of mere video games.
There was a massive multi-terabyte steam leak. What else we got? I think we could each pick three this week.

**Luke Lafreniere** (1:02)
There's the GoPro thing, which like...

**Linus Sebastian** (1:06)
Is blowing up the internet right now?

**Luke Lafreniere** (1:08)
Yeah. I mean, we've already talked about that.

**Linus Sebastian** (1:12)
YouTube redefined views?
Okay. You picked two more. There's so much.

**Luke Lafreniere** (1:18)
SteamDB was acquired by Nexus Mods. That's actually like...
Yeah. Most people that I know are not stoked about that. We'll see how that goes.

**Linus Sebastian** (1:27)
Toward the bottom, toward the bottom. Another big one. Oh yeah.

**Luke Lafreniere** (1:30)
DLSS 5 now working on all RTX GPUs. Dude, DLSS 5 working on a 2000 series is gonna be a hoot.

**Linus Sebastian** (1:38)
Okay, so stick around. Yeah.
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In mid-June, a group of gamers filed a class action lawsuit against Sony alleging that the company fails to state in plain language that buying or purchasing a digital good actually means licensing it. The gamers argue that despite the store using terms like buy now and confirm purchase, Sony is only granting a limited access license that can be revoked at any time. As reported by GameFile, Sony's counterargument to the lawsuit is that disclosures around digital purchases on PlayStation are already clearly defined in the TOS and licensing agreement stating that reasonable customers would not be misled into believing they own the games they purchase. In addition, Sony's council writes that digital ownership would be impossible and that the plaintiffs already know this. Hold on, hold on, I'm not done yet. He can't help it. I'm trying. I can actually feel the heat. Like I could probably warm my hands off of his anger right now. I'm going to make you contain it a little bit longer though. You're turning red.
You would like him when he's angry. I'll let him do it in a minute. He's going to unload. He's going to unleash. It's going to be great. Arguing that two of the gamers bought Resident Evil Requiem 11 days apart, and if the first guy actually owned it, the second one couldn't have. Full quote, because it's genuinely insane. Plaintiff Edward Haycock would not have been able to obtain the game Resident Evil Requiem on February 24th, 2026 for $69.99 from the PlayStation store after Plaintiff Jason Mendoza had obtained Resident Evil Requiem on February 14th, 2026 because Mr. Mendoza, not Sony, would have owned it then.
So, wait, there's only one of the game, and if you buy it, you have you have bought the single. So Sony is arguing that in order to buy a game, you have to actually buy like the full IP.

**Luke Lafreniere** (5:02)
Seems like it.

**Linus Sebastian** (5:04)
You have to buy the studio? Okay, go.

**Luke Lafreniere** (5:08)
There's honestly a lot of things.
One, the first one that I want to start with, and this is the most like Luke warm. I feel like basically everybody agrees with it. That's going to watch this argument, so whatever. But the whole idea of like they should have known, therefore it is okay, can backfire so hard.